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On 4/12/2011 11:10 AM, Peter Frederick wrote:
So far supposedly it's only iodine 131, which is less nasty than, say, burning plutonium, but very serious. 1/10th the amount released from Chernobyl, but that was the core vaporizing, so there was lots more heavy stuff than iodine. I don't remember what the daughter products of decay are, but they probably aren't nice, either. No work yet on strontium, which is probably the worst light element to be released. Plants pick it up and so does bone (it's under calcium in the periodic table and works like it, except that it never comes back out of the bones once added). Half life of 25,000 years and a beta emitter if I remember correctly, almost a certainty to acquire leukemia eventually after significant accumulation. Probably lots of cesium as well, along with radio xenon and radon. Those don't "count" as they are dumped constantly from all nuclear power plants as gases. That's what the nice tall stack no one ever mentions is for. Usually not measured because they are not "toxic". And we are not done yet, either.... Peter _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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